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2 weeks ago

Hey, if you’re playing with
Traverse the Ulvenwald
, have you considered playing one or two
Mishra's Bauble
? It’s basically a free cantrip that also boosts delirium and gives you info on your opponent’s deck in the early game. Plus, they’re pretty darn cheap at the moment; about $2-3 apiece, so they adhere to a budget

3 weeks ago

I apologize everyone for the lack of response, but I appreciate all the feedback!

@M_Malcom — By "an aristocrat route", I assume you mean including the "artist" piece of the Aristocrats triad, since I have so much of the "fodder" already? While I can see your point on that, the reason that Aristocrats can work is because it has the third piece of the triad — sac outlets — to ensure death triggers. I can't take up space in the deck for cards that rely on incidental deaths from blocking. Also, that strategy is ultimately at odds with the main win-con, which is having a lot of spiders.

As to infect, yes, I've absolutely considered it. In fact, I have an entire brew on the backburner that I might try out at some point. But in that vein, I think the main issue is that trying to fit the various infect cards into this deck would detract too much from the game plan of this specific build. I'd rather dedicate a different deck to that theme if I were going to do it. So I'll let you know if I ever try out that other brew!

You other idea, however, is a very good one. The only worry I have is that Threshold might be too slow. The whole point of most of the spells in the deck is to reach Delirium and stall the game until I can unleash Ishkanah on turn 5. In my playtesting, I found that I don't usually reach Threshold until right around turn 5. Still, I'm going to try it. But you're right — only the cards you mentioned fit this deck. Of those, I don't prefer
Rancid Earth
because of the double black to cast and the fact that it would only be good in certain matchups.
Toxic Stench
, though, might be good.

But you also gave me the idea of looking for other graveyard synergies. I'm also considering the Delve card
Death Rattle
or
Murderous Cut
. My graveyard quickly fills with redundant card types, making perfect targets for Delve. I think it'll suffer from the same speed issue as Threshold, though, as it won't be castable for 1-2 CMC until around turn 5-6.

Other than those mechanics, most cards that care about the graveyard care about specifically creatures in the yard, which isn't as good in my deck. But I found two cards that might be good —
Drown in Filth
and
Ghastly Demise
. I'm leaning toward the latter.

@Vman — Thank you so much for your multiple points of feedback! Budget is not a huge concern, as this deck will be a gift, so I don't mind spending a bit extra. ;)

I feel like
Green Sun's Zenith
is just an alternate card for / additional copies of
Traverse the Ulvenwald
, since I won't want Ishkanah to enter the battlefield unless I have Delirium anyways. So 1 green mana + 5 to cast GSZ is functionally identical to 1 green mana for Traverse + 5 to hard-cast the searched-up Ishkanah.

I actually already have
Dryad Arbor
in my Maybeboard, due to it having two card types. Other than the two card types for Delirium, why do you suggest Arbor? And why only 1-of?

Lastly, I do acknowledge that
Constant Mists
is very good. But this deck can't afford to sac lands. If anything, it needs to ramp. And this card would have to take the place of
Arachnogenesis
, which is obviously much more on-theme!

3 weeks ago

2 months ago

If your tutor package is Traverse the Ulvenwald you may add Mishra's Bauble and Tarfire to the base to get delitium faster. Also, if you have space, you may add any Tarmogoyf because with the delitium mechanic it can be big very fast, and it would serve you like a creature to pres your opponent.

Apart from this, you may put a deck-large link to the forum? Because I not found your deck, and I would like to see it, because it seems interesting.

In such a creature heavy deck Throne of the God-Pharaoh would also make sense and if you choose to use delirium Traverse the Ulvenwald would be a good way to fetch your finisher. There is a but, graveyard hate is very common in modern, so you need a plan that lets you adapt if your graveyard is exiled, honestly this is where something like Throne is really useful, since you can still cast your creatures.

Traverse the Ulvenwald occurrence in decks from the last year

Modern:

All decks: 0.08%

Commander / EDH:

All decks: 0.01%

Golgari: 0.09%

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